Product Owner Senior Associate

DTCC; Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health and life insurance

Pension/Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Flexible/hybrid model

Job summary

DTCC is seeking a Senior Associate Product Owner to lead the evolution of its enterprise onboarding platform for non-member participants, including service providers, custodians, and vendors. You will partner with Operations, Technology, Data Management, UX and business stakeholders to deliver digital onboarding capabilities that simplify complex processes and improve transparency.

In this role you will translate strategic objectives into actionable requirements, manage the product backlog,

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Responsibilities

• Own the product backlog and roadmap for Non-Member Onboarding capabilities.
• Define onboarding workflows for service providers, redemption agents, custodians, and other participant types.
• Partner with Operations and business stakeholders to analyze current-state onboarding processes and design scalable target-state solutions.
• Drive requirements gathering, prioritization, backlog refinement, and acceptance criteria definition.
• Collaborate with technology, UX, architecture, and data teams to deliver enterprise onboarding capabilities.
• Identify opportunities to standardize onboarding patterns, data collection, controls, and lifecycle processes across participant types.
• Bring direct client and user feedback into product decisions and prioritization.
• Manage dependencies, risks, and release planning across multiple initiatives.
• Support adoption, operational readiness, and post-release feedback activities.

Skills

Agile development

Stakeholder engagement

Problem solving

Team collaboration

User story writing

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

JIRA

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC:

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

DTCC Solutions delivers information-based and business processing solutions to financial intermediaries globally.

Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The Impact you will have in this role:

The Senior Associate Product Owner will lead the evolution of DTCC's enterprise onboarding platform for non-member participants, including service providers, redemption agents, custodians, vendors, and other ecosystem participants that support the financial services industry. Working closely with Operations, Technology, Data Management, User Experience and business stakeholders, this role will define and deliver digital onboarding capabilities that simplify complex operational processes, improve transparency, and create a consistent onboarding experience across participant types.

The Product Owner will translate strategic objectives into actionable requirements, manage the product backlog, and drive delivery through Agile squads. This role requires balancing user experience, operational efficiency, regulatory considerations, and enterprise integration requirements while championing the voice of the customer throughout the product lifecycle.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Own the product backlog and roadmap for Non-Member Onboarding capabilities.
• Define onboarding workflows for service providers, redemption agents, custodians, and other participant types.
• Partner with Operations and business stakeholders to analyze current-state onboarding processes and design scalable target-state solutions.
• Drive requirements gathering, prioritization, backlog refinement, and acceptance criteria definition.
• Collaborate with technology, UX, architecture, and data teams to deliver enterprise onboarding capabilities.
• Identify opportunities to standardize onboarding patterns, data collection, controls, and lifecycle processes across participant types.
• Bring direct client and user feedback into product decisions and prioritization.
• Manage dependencies, risks, and release planning across multiple initiatives.
• Support adoption, operational readiness, and post-release feedback activities.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Talents Needed for Success:

• Exhibit strong understanding of Agile Software Development (primarily Scrum and Kanban) principles and techniques
• Understand and use applicable work management tools (i.e. JIRA) for decision making and collaboration
• Drive creative and problem-solving activity with all participants and partners
• Knowledge of financial services operations, in particular Post Trade Processing, trends and user demands
• Complete the Product Vision and effectively translate into Product Roadmap and Backlog items to deliver the highest value

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

ABOUT US

With over 50 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 20 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes, and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency, enhancing performance and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm innovates purposefully, simplifying the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, transaction processing, trade reporting and data services across asset classes, bringing enhanced resilience and soundness to existing financial markets while advancing the digital asset ecosystem. In 2024, DTCC’s subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at U.S. $3.7 quadrillion and its depository subsidiary provided custody and asset servicing for securities issues from over 150 countries and territories valued at U.S. $99 trillion. DTCC’s Global Trade Repository service, through locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes more than 25 billion messages annually. To learn more, please visit us at www.dtcc.com or connect with us on LinkedIn , X , YouTube , Facebook and Instagram .

DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork. When you join our team, you’ll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. It’s the chance to make a difference at a company that’s truly one of a kind.

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ABOUT THE TEAM

Enterprise Services comprises of multiple business platforms including Client Services, Global Business Operations, Business Architecture, Data Strategy and Analytics, and Digital Services, which report into the Chief of Enterprise Services.

These grouped platforms enable the business to optimize delivery for clients, generate efficiencies and resilience, and enable consistency in the business digitization strategy, processes and end-to-end best practices.